Platform UI consists of several components, which provide the basic building blocks for user interfaces built with Eclipse. Some of these can be reused in arbitrary applications, while others are specific to the Eclipse IDE.

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| name = Platform UI

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| download = http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/

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| website = http://projects.eclipse.org/projects/eclipse.platform.ui

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| newsgroup = eclipse.platform

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| list = platform-ui-dev

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| product = Platform

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| component = UI

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| source = http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ui.git/

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Two of the Platform UI components form the [[Rich Client Platform]] UI. These are [[JFace]] and the [[Workbench]]. JFace and the Workbench can be used to build arbitrary applications, not just the Eclipse IDE. The Eclipse IDE is just one instance of an RCP application, but it demonstrates the power and extensibility achievable by RCP applications.

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Platform UI consists of many components. They provide the basic building blocks for user interfaces built with Eclipse. Some of these can be reused in arbitrary applications ([[Rich Client Platform]]), while others are specific to the Eclipse IDE.

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Platform UI also provides the IDE application plug-in, which instantiates and configures the Generic Workbench to form the IDE Workbench, on top of which lies the rest of the Eclipse IDE Platform and the Eclipse SDK (including the Java Development Tools and Plug-in Development Environment). Unlike the Generic Workbench, the IDE application plug-in is intended only for use in the IDE Platform, and is not designed as a reusable component for use in other RCP applications.

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== Components ==

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Platform UI does, however, provide some other components that can be reused in other RCP applications. These are:

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* [[Eclipse4|Eclipse 4]] - Integrating work from the e4 incubator into the Eclipse platform

The [[Platform UI Bugs]] page has instructions on how new Platform UI bugs should be handled.

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The [[Platform UI/Development Process]] page explains our development process, i.e. how we work with Bugzilla and CVS, how to get changes into an integration build, what to do in a milestone week, etc.

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The [[Platform UI Cycle]] page contains the breakdown of triage and build responsibilities for the 3.4 release cycle.

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The [[Platform UI/Build Submission]] page contains steps on how to do a build submission.

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The [[Platform UI/Testing]] page contains the test responsibilites for the next

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The [[Platform UI/New Extension Point]] page contains some hints and tips for those developing new extension points for the workbench.

Revision as of 17:47, 7 March 2013

Platform UI consists of many components. They provide the basic building blocks for user interfaces built with Eclipse. Some of these can be reused in arbitrary applications (Rich Client Platform), while others are specific to the Eclipse IDE.

Components

Eclipse 4 - Integrating work from the e4 incubator into the Eclipse platform